unit 8 word parts Flashcards by Hannah Mitchell

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ana-

A

up or towards

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angi/o
vascul/o
vas/o

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blood vessel

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apher/o

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withdrawal

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aort/o

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aorta

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arteri/o

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artery

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ather/o

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plaque/ fatty substance/ narrowing

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arti/o

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atrium (upper chamber of the heart)

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brady-

A

slow

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cardi/o
coron/o

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heart

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-cardia

A

heart condition

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum

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coagul/o

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coagulation or clotting

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cyan/o

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blue

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cyt/o

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cells

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-ectasis

A

a dilation or expansion

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embol/o

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blockage/ obstruction/ plug

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-emia

A

blood condition

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erythr/o

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red

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-globin

A

protein

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hemat/o
hem/o

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blood

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immun/o

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immune

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isch/o

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hold back/ block

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leuk/o

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white

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lymph/o

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lymphatic system/ tissue

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-lysis

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separation/ destruction/ loosening

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-megaly

A

enlargement

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myel/o
my/o

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muscle

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-ole
-ule

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small

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-oma

A

tumor

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path/o

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disease

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-pathy

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disease

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pector/o

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chest

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-penia

A

deficiency

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perfus/o

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blood flow

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-phagia

A

swallowing or eating

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-phil

A

love

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-phylaxis

A

protection

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phleb/o
ven/o

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vein

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-poiesis

A

blood formation

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pulmon/o

A

lungs

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-rrhage

A

excessive flow

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-rrhaphy

A

suture

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rrhythm/o

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rhythm

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scler/o

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hardening

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-scopy

A

process of looking

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sept/o

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septum

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septic/o

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infected or decay

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-spasm

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involuntary contraction

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splen/o

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spleen

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-static

A

lack of movement

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tachy-

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fast

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thromb/o

A

clot

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thym/o

A

thymus

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tonsil/o

A

tonsil

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valvul/o

A

valve

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varic/o

A

dilated vein

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vas/o

A

vessel

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ventricul/o

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ventricle (lower chamber of the heart)

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vol/o

A

volume